2019-07-26: Social Media Postees

Child Separation & Prison Camps: China's Campaign Against Uyghur Muslims Is "Cultural Genocide"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-26
Chinese authorities have been accused of systematically separating Muslim children from their families in the far western region of Xinjiang. According to a new report commissioned by the BBC, China is rushing to build boarding schools where children, mostly from the Uyghur community, are deliberately removed from their families, as well as their language and culture. This comes as an estimated 1 million adults from the Uyghur community are being imprisoned in camps that China claims are "vocational training centers" designed to combat extremism. We speak with independent researcher Adrian Zenz, who did the resea…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/26/china_xin…

'These terms have a history and a power we have to acknowledge'
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-26
CounterSpin interview with Lawrence Glickman on racism & euphemism | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/26/these-terms-have-a-history-and-a-power-we-have-to-acknowledge/

Killing Tariq: Why We Must Rethink the Roots of Jewish Settlers Violence
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-26
Seven-year-old Tariq Zabania from Al-Khalil (Hebron) was killed on the spot when an Israeli Jewish settler ran his car over him on July 15. Little Tariq's photograph, lying face down on the road, was circulated on social media. His untimely death is heartbreaking. | Tariq's innocent blood must not go in vain. For this to happen, we are morally obliged to understand the nature of Jewish settler violence, which cannot be viewed in isolation from the inherent racism in Israeli society as a whole. | We a…
mintpressnews.com/killing-tariq-violence-racism-israel-society-jewish-settlers/260774/

Genocide from Kissinger to Trump
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-26
Donald Trump's statement earlier this week that he could win the US war in Afghanistan but he doesn't want to kill ten million Afghans was both revealing and appalling. Like so many other of Trump's statements, his remark revealed the genocidal nature of US foreign policy. It is a policy that considers human lives as…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/26/genocide-from-kissinger-to-trump/

Genocide from Kissinger to Trump
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-26
Donald Trump's statement earlier this week that he could win the US war in Afghanistan but he doesn't want to kill ten million Afghans was both revealing and appalling. Like so many other of Trump's statements, his remark revealed the genocidal nature of US foreign policy. It is a policy that considers human lives as…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/26/genocide-from-kissinger-to-trump/

Family of Herbert Lee to visit Civil Rights Memorial that honors his sacrifice
splcenter.org | 2019-07-26
Clifton Franklin was a high school football running back who — at 16 — wanted to play in a big game between Louisiana rivals. His mother, however, had other plans.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/26/family-herbert-lee-visit-civil-rights-memorial-honors-his-sacrifice

Despite Faulty Drugs & Racist Implementation, Trump Is Bringing Back the Federal Death Penalty
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-26
Attorney General William Barr announced Thursday that the federal government is resuming the death penalty after nearly two decades. The execution of five death row prisoners were immediately ordered beginning in December. There are currently 62 prisoners on federal death row, including white supremacist Dylann Roof, who murdered nine black worshipers at the historic Emanuel AME Church in June 2015, and Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Federal prosecutors are expected to push for the death penalty in both cases. This news comes despite a growing movement opposing the death penalty in the United States. T…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/26/trump_adm…

The Empty Gaze of Mike Pence
Coco Das, Sarah Roark | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-26
When people are not seen as human beings, but as a "storage" problem, the final solution becomes the "logical" solution. Are we going to let that happen? In the 2001 movie, The Conspiracy, Nazi officials gather at a stately home to discuss what to do about the Jewish population, which for the most part has…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/26/the-empty-gaze-of-mike-pence/

Combatting Surveillance Capitalism: An Orwellian Lesson in History from Ford to Google
Michael Barker | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-26
Close scrutinization of the daily lives of workers has always played an important role in enabling capitalists to squeeze greater profits from their workforce. The relentless surveillance of employees, whether it be on the factory floor or in the workers' homes, was something that the anti-Semitic industrialist, Henry Ford, was proud to have honed to…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/26/combatting-surveillance-capitalism-an-orwellian-lesson-in-history-from-ford-to-google/

By Any Other Name: American "Frustrationism"
John G. Russell | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-26
"C'mon, of course the President's not racist, but he's frustrated like so many Americans are." — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) Well, I certainly do not think the President's a racist. I believe the President shares a lot of American's frustration with Congress, particularly those four women congressmen…." –Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky).
counterpunch.org/2019/07/26/by-any-other-name-american-frustrationism/

It's About the Benjamins — Trump's Smearing of Congresswomen Demonstrates Israel's Influence in US Politics
Philip Weiss | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-26
Donald Trump has brought up Israel again and again in his racist tweets aimed at the four Congresswomen he says should leave the country. He says that "the Radical Left Congresswomen" "hate" Israel and the United States and should "apologize" …
globalresearch.ca/its-about-benjamins-trumps-smearing-congresswomen-demonstrates-israel-influence-us-politics/5684662

Germany: Racist assassination attempt on Eritrean man
wsws.org | 2019-07-26
On Monday a man from Eritrea was gunned down on the street and seriously injured in the town of Wà§chtersbach in the state of Hesse.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/26/germ…

Modern art in Germany and the Nazis Part 2: The Die Bràºcke painters
wsws.org | 2019-07-26
The exhibition at the Bràºcke Museum represents a welcome change in favour of art appreciation based on a critical examination of contemporary history.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/26/mode…

Trump's "Proximity" to the Nuclear Weapons Trigger. Racism in America
John Stanton | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-25
"He has been glorified as a hero and obeyed as a ruler, but fundamentally he is always the same. His most fantastic triumphs have taken place in our own time, among people who set great store by the idea …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-proximity-to-the-nuclear-weapons-trigger-racism-in-america/5684569

A historian's view of post-fascism
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-25
Whatever we are facing [in world politics], it is not twentieth-century fascism. Hell keeps on disgorging new demons to beset us. And as seasoned exorcists know, each must be called by its proper name before it can be cast out. — (possibly J. R. R. Tolkien's Gandalf) | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/25/a-historians-view-of-post-fascism/

More families seek damages for harm suffered due to Trump administration's family separations
splcenter.org | 2019-07-25
After seeking asylum from Guatemala at a port of entry in 2017, M.C.L. and his 7-year-old son spent two days in various cells where the temperature was kept extremely cold, with only a thin blanket and a single mattress to share.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/25/more-families-seek-damages-harm-suffered-due-trump-administrations-family-separations

SPLC: Resuming barbaric practice of federal executions serves no useful purpose
splcenter.org | 2019-07-25
The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it plans to resume the executions of people who are awaiting the death penalty in federal prisons, ending nearly two decades in which the federal government had not imposed capital punishment.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/25/splc-resuming-barbaric-practice-federal-executions-serves-no-useful-purpose

SPLC: Resuming barbaric practice of federal executions serves no useful purpose
splcenter.org | 2019-07-25
The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it plans to resume the executions of people who are awaiting the death penalty in federal prisons, ending nearly two decades in which the federal government had not imposed capital punishment.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/25/splc-resuming-barbaric-practice-federal-executions-serves-no-useful-purpose

Conspiring with Neo-Nazi Parties: Washington and the EU's Role in the Kiev Coup
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-25
In the weeks preceding the February 2014 ousting of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, US politicians were prominent in Kiev inciting the marchers to destabilize government institutions. Victoria Nuland, a high-ranking official in the US Department of State, made repeated trips to the Ukrainian capital…
globalresearch.ca/conspiring-neo-nazi-parties-washington-eu-role-kiev-coup/5684545

Chilean Feminists Call for Anti-Racist, Legal Abortion March
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-25
Feminist organizations in Chile called an anti-racist march for free and legal abortions for Thursday at 6: 00 p.m. local time. | RELATED: | El Salvador Teen Rape Victim to be Retried for Abortion | This has been given in the framework of the celebration of the International Day of Black Latin American and Caribbean Women, in a joint effort to raise their…
telesurenglish.net/news/chile-legal-abortion-anti-racist-march–20190725-0011.html

Chilean Feminists Call for Anti-Racist, Legal Abortion March
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-25
Feminist organizations in Chile called an anti-racist march for free and legal abortions for Thursday at 6: 00 p.m. local time. | RELATED: | El Salvador Teen Rape Victim to be Retried for Abortion | This has been given in the framework of the celebration of the International Day of Black Latin American and Caribbean Women, in a joint effort to raise their…
telesurenglish.net/news/chile-legal-abortion-anti-racist-march–20190725-0011.html

Trump and Supporters: Paranoiacs Following Lee Atwater's Racist Strategy
John Stanton | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-25
He has been glorified as a hero and obeyed as a ruler, but fundamentally he is always the same. His most fantastic triumphs have taken place in our own time, among people who set great store by the idea of humanity. He is not yet extinct, nor will he ever be until we have the …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/trump-and-supporters-paranoiacs-following-lee-atwaters-racist-strategy/

Pressure to reform drunkenness law builds before coronial inquest
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-25
The coronial inquest into the death of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day, due to start on August 26, will be the first of its kind to consider the role systemic racism plays in an Aboriginal person's death in custody.
greenleft.org.au/content/pressure-reform-drunkenness-law-builds-coronial-inquest-tanya-days-death-custody

Hollywood actress Bette Midler sparks racism row with 'BLACKGROUND' tweet aimed at Trump
rt.com | 2019-07-25
Actress Bette Midler took time out of her usual schedule of tweeting anti-Donald Trump poems and limericks to suggest that the president pays black people to attend his rallies for diversity's sake — only to be accused of racism. | …
rt.com/usa/465095-hollywood-midler-trump-blackground/

Americans Must Do More Than Simply Reject Trump's Racism, Ilhan Omar Argues in 'Absolute Must Read' NYT Op-Ed
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-25
"Not enough to condemn the corruption and self-dealing," says Democratic Congresswoman. "We must support policies that unmistakably improve working people's lives." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/25/americans-must-do-more-simply-reject-trumps-racism-ilhan-omar-argues-absolute-must?cd-origin=rss

SPLC: Trump administration plan to kick millions off food stamps is 'cruel and arbitrary'
splcenter.org | 2019-07-24
The Trump administration announced a plan this week that would "tighten" the rules governing who qualifies for food stamps, a move that would likely take basic food provisions away from about 3 million people.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/24/splc-trump-administration-plan-kick-millions-food-stamps-cruel-and-arbitrary

SPLC: Trump administration plan to kick millions off food stamps is 'cruel and arbitrary'
splcenter.org | 2019-07-24
The Trump administration announced a plan this week that would "tighten" the rules governing who qualifies for food stamps, a move that would likely take basic food provisions away from about 3 million people.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/24/splc-trump-administration-plan-kick-millions-food-stamps-cruel-and-arbitrary

A fateful tug-of-war
Victor Grossman | mronline.org | 2019-07-24
On June 2nd Christian Democrat Walter Làºbcke was shot dead in front of his home. Stimulated by fascist blogs, one of them that of a prominent adherent of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), the murderer, a dyed-in-the-wool fascist, had been plotting the attack ever since hearing Làºbcke's fierce reply to vicious anti-foreigner catcalls at a public event […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/24/a-fateful-tug-of-war/

Chicago protest demands resignation of Puerto Rico's governor
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-24
Chicago, IL — About 400 people rallied marched in neighborhood of Humboldt Park, July 21, calling for the resignation of Puerto Rico's Governor Ricardo Rossello. Jazmine Salas emceed the demonstration, which was called by the Chicago Boricua Resistance. Chanting "Ricky renuncia!" (Ricky resign), the crowd added their voices to the hundreds of thousands who are protesting on the island. | Puerto Rico is a colony of the U.S. that is fighting for its independence. | Also speaking at the protest was Kobi Gullory of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, who spoke the struggle for communit…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/24/chicago-…

Trump vs. the Squad, or the Fascist Use of Zionism
Gary Leupp | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-23
The strategy is clear. Whether Trump confronts Sleepy Joe, Crazy Bernie, Pocahontas or some other Democratic opponent in the presidential race, he will target the "Squad" of newly elected freshman congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley. Trump has decided to (1) depict them as the real face of the Democratic Party; …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/trump-vs-the-squad-or-the-fascist-use-of-zionism/

'These Terms Have a History and a Power We Have to Acknowledge' – CounterSpin interview with Lawrence Glickman on racism & euphemism
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-07-23
Janine Jackson interviewed Lawrence Glickman about racism and euphemism for the July 19, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/these-terms-have-a-history-and-a-power-we-have-to-acknowledge/

How John Paul Stevens Surprised Us
David Cole | thenation.com | 2019-07-23
How John Paul Stevens Surprised Us…
thenation.com/article/john-paul-stevens-supreme-court/

The Campaign To Stop Corbyn: Smears, Racism And Censorship
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-22
The greatest fear of those holding the most power and wealth is that they will lose their exalted position in the world. They will resist any changes to the grossly unequal and unjust class structure that causes grievous damage to so many people; and to the planet itself. Even the threat of real change must …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/the-campaign-to-stop-corbyn-smears-racism-and-censorship/

Never Again: What about the Palestinians?
Kim Petersen | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-22
concentration camp: a guarded compound for the detention or imprisonment of aliens, members of ethnic minorities, political opponents, etc., especially any of the camps established by the Nazis prior to and during World War II for the confinement and persecution of prisoners.1 The people seeking a new life in the United States are mainly an …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/never-again-what-about-the-palestinians/

He Was Told to Go Back to Africa. Instead, He May Go to the U.S. Senate
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-07-22
Helena, Montana, mayor Wilmot Collins was reminded by Donald Trump's recent comments of the racism he faced when he first came to the U.S. from Liberia.
theintercept.com/2019/07/22/wilmot-collins-senate-montana/

Trump's Racist Lies About Ilhan Omar Define the Republican Party
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-20
The Ilhan Omar quote Trump bastardized came from her conversation with John Nichols, who joins us to look at US history for inspiration and understanding…
therealnews.com/stories/trumps-racist-lies-about-ilhan-omar-define-the-republican-party

Brenda Choresi Carter on the Electability Myth, Lawrence Glickman on Racism & Euphemism
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-07-19
Media…
fair.org/home/brenda-choresi-carter-on-the-electability-myth-lawrence-glickman-on-racism-euphemism/

Anti-Racist Historian: Attacks on Rep. Omar Rooted in Belief "America Is for White People"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-19
On Thursday, President Trump attempted to distance himself from the racist chant of "send her back" about Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar at a Trump campaign rally Wednesday in North Carolina. The chants rang across the rally in response to Trump's own verbal attack against the congresswoman. He did nothing to intervene. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a resolution condemning Trump's racist remarks against Congressmembers Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. We speak with Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at A…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/19/donald_tr…

Weekend Read: Racism is Killing Black Americans
splcenter.org | 2019-07-19
Racism affects every aspect of American life — none more so than our medical system.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/19/weekend-read-racism-killing-black-americans

Weekend Read: Racism is Killing Black Americans
splcenter.org | 2019-07-19
Racism affects every aspect of American life — none more so than our medical system.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/19/weekend-read-racism-killing-black-americans

A round-up of the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, July 10-15
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-19
A round-up of the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, July 10-15: UpdateGroups worldwide participated in the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, creatively asserting the demand that HP Inc and HPE end their complicity in Israel's apartheid, military occupation and settler-colonialism against the Palestinian people | Economic Boycott Boycott HP Global BDS Week of Action Against HP …
bdsmovement.net/news/round-boycotthp-global-week-action-july-10-15

Trump Bans Asylum Seekers at the Border in Violation of National and International Law
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-19
Litigator Angelo Guisado says Trump's tactics are proto-fascist, and stopping asylum seekers in transit through other countries violates standing U.S. law and international treaties…
therealnews.com/stories/trump-bans-asylum-seekers-at-the-border-in-violation-of-national-and-international-law

'R' is for Racist
Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2019-07-18
Sigh. Remember the good ol' days of meaningless distractions?
progressive.org/dispatches/r-is-for-racist-fiore-190718/

John Tanton's Legacy
Swathi Shanmugasundaram | splcenter.org | 2019-07-18
John Tanton, the racist architect of the modern anti-immigrant movement, has left behind a legacy that spawned more than a dozen nativist organizations, driven an anti-immigrant agenda for four decades, and found friends in the White House.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/07/18/john-tantons-legacy

John Tanton's Legacy
Swathi Shanmugasundaram | splcenter.org | 2019-07-18
John Tanton, the racist architect of the modern anti-immigrant movement, has left behind a legacy that spawned more than a dozen nativist organizations, driven an anti-immigrant agenda for four decades, and found friends in the White House.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/07/18/john-tantons-legacy

SPLC sues Trump administration over new rule that makes migrants who pass through other countries ineligible for asylum
splcenter.org | 2019-07-17
The SPLC and its partners filed a lawsuit and an emergency motion this week seeking to block a new Trump administration rule that categorically bars asylum for migrants who cross the southern border without applying for and being denied asylum in any country that they pass through on their way to the U.S.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/17/splc-sues-trump-administration-over-new-rule-makes-migrants-who-pass-through-other

Police assault Salt Lake City pollution protesters
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-17
Salt Lake City, UT – More than 100 people gathered at the City and County Building on July 9 to protest the construction of the Inland Port in northwest Salt Lake Valley. The Inland Port will worsen air quality in Salt Lake Valley, which already has some of the worst air in the United States. Police assaulted the protesters, who were singing songs and dancing, inside the Chamber of Commerce Building, injuring many and arresting eight. | As the rally began, Ella Mendoza was very clear about how the Inland Port was an example of environmental racism. While polluted air affects everyone, it is especially bad for the…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/17/police-a…

SPLC sues Trump administration over new rule that makes migrants who pass through other countries ineligible for asylum
splcenter.org | 2019-07-17
The SPLC and its partners filed a lawsuit and an emergency motion this week seeking to block a new Trump administration rule that categorically bars asylum for migrants who cross the southern border without applying for and being denied asylum in any country that they pass through on their way to the U.S.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/17/splc-sues-trump-administration-over-new-rule-makes-migrants-who-pass-through-other

Free the children, close the camps
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-17
Trump's racist statements against Mexicans and Central Americans is intended for one purpose: To stir up hatred of immigrants, to mobilize his base and deflect blame away from millionaires and billionaires, who are the real cause of the economic crisis and unemployment.
liberationnews.org/free-the-children-close-the-camps/

Retaking Everything: The Story of Identity Dixie
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-07-17
A small Facebook campaign predicated on keeping Confederate monuments in place has morphed into a group of more than 200 ardent, secretive separatists planning to make the South a separate nation. And Hatewatch has learned the identities of some of the group's leaders and members.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/07/17/retaking-everything-story-identity-dixie